it's not simply the obama administration. nevertheless, i think it's undeniable that the obama administration has been crystal clear that they plan to raise taxes on the wealthy, that they plan to raise taxes therefore on a lot of small business owners, and that they plan to continue to increase the amount of regulation out there. those are just facts. those facts hurt small businesses. >> mr. siegel, now that we've had this very public discussion and the world knows what you wrote in that e-mail, do you regret writing it at all? >> no, i wanted to inform my employees of what their future would hold if they make the wrong decision when they vote. i wasn't threatening any of the employees. if they vote for obama, they're not going to lose their job, but but they have the potential in the future if this economy continues to spiral downward in taxes and obamacare coming into effect. they do have the possibility that the company will be further downsized. every company wants to grow, wants to increase the benefits they give their